Crypto lender Ledn has issued $188 million in asset-backed bonds secured by bitcoin-collateralized loans, marking a first for the structured credit market. The deal includes an investment-grade tranche and relies heavily on automated bitcoin liquidations to manage risk.

Bitcoin is treading water near $66,604, caught between recovery attempts and structural hesitation. The market is stabilizing, not surging, and the charts across every major timeframe are signaling patience over bravado.

On Feb. 18, Donald Trump Jr. defended his family’s pivot to cryptocurrency, describing it as a survival tactic against a “Ponzi scheme” banking system that had deplatformed them.

DerivaDEX has officially commenced derivatives trading in Bermuda as the first

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, has acquired token management platform Ma

Blockchain infrastructure company Kresus secured about $13 million from South Korea’s Hanwha Investment and Securities to expand enterprise digital wallets, real‑world asset tokenization and onchain financial workflows.

OpenAI and Paradigm have introduced EVMbench, a new benchmarking framework desig

The Hyperliquid Policy Center officially debuts as an independent advocacy organ

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced at the World Liberty Forum that it plans to tokenize loan revenue interests in Trump International Hotel & Resort, Maldives, marking the first transaction in its broader strategy to issue WLFI-branded tokenized real-world asset ( RWA) offerings.

A new analysis from Coin Metrics, authored by Senior Research Associate Tanay Ved, finds that January’s record $8 trillion in adjusted stablecoin transfer volume was largely driven by USDC activity on Base, with much of the spike tied to decentralized finance ( DeFi) mechanics rather than payments.

New Yorkers face escalating “pig butchering” investment scams draining life savings through fake crypto platforms, prompting Attorney General Letitia James to issue a stark warning and prevention guide as fraudsters deploy increasingly sophisticated digital tactics.

Societe Generale-FORGE has expanded its euro-backed stablecoin EUR Coinvertible to the XRP Ledger, accelerating institutional blockchain adoption in Europe and deepening Ripple integration as compliant digital assets gain momentum across global financial markets.

Ripple is accelerating crypto-powered philanthropy, channeling XRP donations to Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity as digital assets surpass $1 billion in annual giving and reshape how global nonprofits fund critical pediatric care.

The CFTC is escalating its defense of exclusive authority over U.S. commodity derivatives and prediction markets as legal battles threaten to redraw regulatory lines and restrict access to event contracts nationwide.

Bitcoin hovers near a pivotal $60,000 level as Arthur Hayes outlines two stark paths: a completed correction before renewed upside, or a deeper slide if equities unravel and liquidity tightens further.